Shloka 10

राजपूजाविधानम् / Royal Reception Protocols during Āśvamedha Preparations

Devanagari script

धर्मराजश्न भीमश्च फाल्गुनश्व॒ यमौ तथा

Transliteration

dharmarājaś ca bhīmaś ca phālgunaś ca yamau tathā

Translation

Vaiśampāyana dit : Le roi Yudhiṣṭhira, seigneur du dharma, Bhīma, Phālguna (Arjuna), et aussi les deux frères jumeaux (Nakula et Sahadeva) — ainsi sont-ils nommés ensemble, signe que les Pāṇḍava agissent de concert dans le déroulement du récit de l’Aśvamedhika.

Word by Word

• धर्मराजः: Dharmaraja (Yudhishthira)
• धर्मराजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मराज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भीमः: Bhima
• भीमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• फाल्गुनः: Phalguna (Arjuna)
• फाल्गुनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: फाल्गुन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• यमौ: the twins (Nakula and Sahadeva)
• यमौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• तथा: likewise/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• Bhīma
• Phālguna (Arjuna)
• Yamau (Nakula and Sahadeva)
• Pāṇḍavas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds the Pāṇḍavas as a unified moral and political body: righteous leadership (Dharmarāja) is supported by complementary virtues—strength (Bhīma), skill and resolve (Arjuna), and steady service (the twins)—suggesting that dharma in governance is sustained through collective responsibility.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator Vaiśampāyana lists the principal Pāṇḍava brothers together, a formula that typically introduces or continues an account of their joint participation in the events surrounding the Aśvamedha period (post-war consolidation and royal rites).